Word: mediterranean
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Moscow, in a possibly ominous development, the Soviet Union summoned foreign ambassadors and formally asserted its right to free passage through the seas and air around Soviet-aligned Libya, a move that might signal Kremlin intentions to move naval vessels or other military equipment into the tense Mediterranean...
...Over the Mediterranean, TWA flies daily between Rome, Athens and Cairo. The 727 on which the bombing occurred last Wednesday had started the day in Cairo, stopped at Athens and proceeded to Rome. There it picked up its passengers, most of whom had arrived on a connecting TWA 747 flight from Los Angeles and New York, and took off for a return trip to Athens. Aviation authorities in Athens quickly established that the bomb had not been placed in the luggage compartment but had been carried aboard and put beneath seat 10-F, possibly in the life preserver. This...
...Reagan ready to order the two carriers in the Mediterranean to reform a battle group and head for stations off the Libyan coast, Pentagon sources said yesterday...
WASHINGTON--The Navy yesterday dispatched a second aircraft carrier to sea in the Mediterranean, but sources said the Pentagon had yet to order a military strike against Libya in retaliation for recent terrorist attacks...
Pentagon sources revealed on Tuesday the Coral Sea was preparing to leave port at Malaga, Spain, to conduct some routine operations in the western Mediterranean. After a brief period of operations, the sources said, the Coral Sea was supposed to set sail for the United States, having completed its normal six-month deployment...